Ilario Spolverini, Cavalry Assembly With Distant Battle

Ilario Spolverini, Cavalry Assembly With Distant BattleThis early 18th century oil painting by Italian artist Ilario Spolverini (1657 1734) depicts a vivid scene of military activity. A mounted company of cavalry gathers in the foreground, while the distant plains erupt in smoke and movement. Its set, most plausibly, in Northern Italy, near Parma or Piacenza, where the Farnese dukes commanded military operations. Towards the centre of the composition, an officer on a white charger commands attention

and Lord Byron

Monogrammed and dated lower right

Resting in his hunt coat

Hellgrewe studied at the Berlin Art Academy and ventured out to paint this area often

It’s an interesting piece with a near-monochromic palette

This late 19th-century oil painting by British artist James Hayllar (1829-1920) depicts an elderly woman standing by a flight of stairs while brushing a top hat

The morning after the night before - dress nonchalantly draped

Kluge had a fascination for unlikely beauty

his aptitude and advanced taste soon led to various commissions from significant patrons

The painting is housed within a decorative later frame

It’s a known fact that during the 19th and early 20th centuries

1879-1911) depicts cattle roaming before an extensive upland view